Two Malaysian nationals pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to conspiring to illegally export firearms parts from the United States to Hong Kong.
Lionel Chan, 36, of Massachusetts, and Muhammad Mohd Radzi, 27, of Brooklyn, New York, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act.
According to the indictment, Chen Lenar began purchasing various U.S. firearms parts online for buyers in Hong Kong, including parts for assembling AR-15 assault rifles and 9MM semi-automatic pistols, beginning in or about March 2018. Many of the gun parts he purchased and exported to Hong Kong were restricted items, but he sent the gun parts to the Hong Kong buyer via FedEx anyway, without first obtaining the necessary export licenses.
A month later, Radzi (Radzi) joined Chen Lenal and began illegally exporting gun parts from the United States to Hong Kong. Between May 2018 and October 2018, he shipped 21 packages from Brooklyn, New York, to buyers in Hong Kong. in October 2018, two of the packages were intercepted by Hong Kong Customs and were found to contain firearms parts including firing pins and sights, and he failed to obtain any export licenses for such shipments.
The conspiracy to illegally export controlled firearms parts from the United States carries a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of up to $250,000, and the judge is scheduled to hand down the sentence on May 28.
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